How does one explore the higher states of consciousness?
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"Awareness is the key to higher consciousness; by turning your clarity inward and practicing steady watchfulness, you can rise above the conditioned mind and discover the depths of your true being."
According to Osho, there is only one way to higher consciousness: awareness. Life gives brief, emergency-born flashes of alertness; instead of losing them outwardly, turn that clarity inward and remember such moments. Practice steady watchfulness—be alert of your alertness—so conditioning, pretense, and the unconscious are seen rather than obeyed. This sustained, choiceless witnessing lets you rise from the thin, polluted layer of social consciousness into deeper, higher, reliable consciousness.
Keep the same sharp alertness you feel in a crisis and turn it inward, steadily watching your own mind without getting caught in it.
Why this matters practically
- You respond clearly instead of from habit or fear.
- You see through social conditioning and act authentically.
- Ordinary moments become meditation, opening calm and insight.
- You see through social conditioning and act authentically.
- Ordinary moments become meditation, opening calm and insight.
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